Research in Action
Gender PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH
Action research seeks to improve land rights and governance
Published date
Tuesday, January 8, 2019 - 11:00
The link between poverty, crime, and urban violence is one that must be fully explored in sub-Saharan Africa. Existing models and theories aimed at reducing urban violence and crime are largely founded on experiences in North America and Europe.
The Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading (VPUU) project, funded jointly by the German Development Bank and the City of Cape Town in South Africa, is a prime example of an evidence-based intervention for violence prevention that was designed
Post-conflict and post-authoritarian societies can experience high levels of violence as they transition to new and fragile democracies.